british gas admits there s no excuse for using debt agencies who broke into homes to fit prepayment meters. and, we speak to microsoft s bill gates about covid, vaccines and conspiracy theories. i guess people are looking for the bogeyman behind the curtain, the over simplistic explanation. and coming up on the bbc news channel. manchester united say they will conduct their own process before determining the future of their player, mason greenwood, after assault charges were dropped against him today. good evening. the bank of england has raised interest rates to the highest level for more than 1a years, with inevitable consequences for people with mortgages, credit card debt and other borrowing. the rise by 0.5 percentage point to 4% is yet another attempt to control inflation. the bank confirmed that the economy is set to enter recession this year, but it said the recession could be less pronounced than previously thought, as there are early signs that the economy is st
newsroom and good to have you with us, i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto, and soon former vice president pence could be answering questions, because he has been subpoenaed, and what the special council is wanting to learn from him and what it could mean in terms of executive privilege. and plus another major review in tennessee after the death of tyre nichols, and the shelby county district attorney is expected to review all prior cases involving those five officers is charged for their role in nichols death, and what that could mean. and if the death toll continues to rise in turkey and syria and we are hearing of remarkable stories of survival and one girl survived after 107 hours under the rubble, and hope is understandably dimming in hopes of finding survivors as the crews continue their search there. we begin this hour with vice president pence who is under investigation in regard to former president trump, and so, in regard to this subpoena, what does the white hous
we begin with developing news from south korea. it s reported that at least 59 people have been killed in a stampede and crush in the capital, seoul. it happened as huge crowds gathered for halloween festivities in a busy bar district. up to 100,000 people are said to have been celebrating in a popular night spot. many of those out during the evening were young party goers. more than 150 people are injured and it s feared the number of dead could rise. videos show medical teams giving cpr treatment to rows of people lying in the middle of crowded streets. earlier on the programme, my colleague david eades spoke to an eyewitness freelance journalist raphael rashid. let s hear what he said. it isa it is a night out for a lot of people, including myself. iwas in the area. when i arrived to ward 7pm it was very clear that there were so many people here, probably the most i have ever seen in this district, and the crowds were just gathering more and more and towards ten p m or 1